Earle, Roy A.Bennett, Gordon F.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2014-08-182014-08-1820131991Earle, RA, Horak, IG, Huchzermeyer, FW, Bennett, GF, Braack, LEO & Penzhorn, BL 1991, 'The prevalence of blood parasites in helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, in the Kruger National Park’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 145-147.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41378The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Bloodsmears were taken from separate groups of five helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris, shot at approximately monthly intervals at Skukuza and near Lower Sabie in the Kruger National Park during the period August 1988 to August 1990. Ninety-eight (86%) of 114 guineafowls had single or multiple infections of Aegyptianella sp., Haemoproteus pratasi, Hepatozoon sp., Leucocytozoon neavei, Plasmodium circumflexum and Trypanosoma numidae. The apparent seasonal prevalence of Aegyptianella sp., H. pratasi and L. neavei, the three most commonly occurring parasites (42%, 49% and 56% of birds infected respectively), is probably dependent on the presence of their respective vectors.en©South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services. ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle